The following articles have been updated to reflect new and important security protection schemes:
10/11/2012: Added information about Google Takeout and Data Liberation to How to: Anonymous Browsing, Internet Privacy.
10/7/2012: NFC is a new frontier in security headaches. Researchers can use a smartphone to skim a credit card and reuse it. Disable it now, see our Android Smartphone Security, How to securely use your Android Smartphone or Tablet article.
9/18/2012: There is a new Internet Explorer bug that is being exploited, with no fix currently available. Microsoft suggests you use their EMET tool, or you could simply switch to Chrome or Firefox browsers. On 9/21/2012, this patch made its way into Windows Update.
8/27/2012: Dropbox now supports 2 factor authentication. Enable it now!
8/10/2012: Blizzard’s BattleNet got hacked, Diablo 3, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, etc.
- Change your passwords immediately and use a different password for each site. We suggest that you buy their two-factor authentication device. The answers to security questions also got compromised. If you use these same questions and answers on other sites, we suggest you change them on other sites. We have been recommending that users use unique answers to every security question on each site. Read – How to create, store, and use secure passwords
8/8/2012: A Wired writer got his world hacked and computer erased quickly. This could happen to you! He did not use 2 factor authentication which probably could have prevented the problem. Turn on 2 factor authentication for gmail right away.
7/31/2012: Dropbox got hacked.
- Change your passwords immediately and use a different password for each site. Read – How to create, store, and use secure passwords
7/16/2012: Social Network Formspring got hacked.
- Change your passwords immediately and use a different password for each site. Read – How to create, store, and use secure passwords
7/12/2012: Yahoo mail has been breached.
- Change your passwords immediately and use a different password for each site. Read – How to create, store, and use secure passwords
- Turn on 2-factor authentication for Yahoo Mail
7/6/2012: Updated the article How to: Anonymous Browsing, Internet Privacy to include privacy information on eReaders such as the Kindle.
7/5/2012: The US Government’s patch to keep people infected with the DNS Changer virus online, ends Monday 7/9/12. Thereafter, people infected will not be able to get online. Be sure to run anti malware software to ensure you are clean. Help your friends and relatives too!
7/1/2012: Updated the article Major Wireless Network Security Breach – Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS Bug) PIN Brute Force Vulnerability – Reaver to reflect firmware fix to Linksys E1200 v2, E1500, E3200, E4200 V1 routers.
6/29/2012: Updated the article How to: Anonymous Browsing, Internet Privacy, to cover HTML5 local storage privacy issues.
6/26/2012: Microsoft has a Fix It patch for a XML bug that is being exploited in the wild. Windows update patch has not been released yet.
6/25/2012: Adobe has quietly released a Photoshop 12.0.5 patch and Illustrator for their outdated Create Suites CS5.
6/8/2012: Added information on Tails bootable Linux distribution.
- See: How to use Linux for more Secure Computing
6/6/2012: Linkedin, Last.fm, eHarmony got hacked.
- Change your passwords immediately and use a different password for each site. Lastpass has an option to check whether your password was compromised. If it was, you definitely need to change all sites where you used this password. Read – How to create, store, and use secure passwords
6/5/2012: Gmail is now warning users when hacking is occuring
Change your password immediately, enable 2-factor authentication, and use a different password for each site. Read – How to create, store, and use secure passwords
5/30/2012: How to: Anonymous Browsing, Internet Privacy
- Added information on invisible color laser printer & color laser copier tracking codes.
5/16/2012: Browser security articles – Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer
- Norton DNS is now known as Norton ConnectSafe
5/3/2012: iPhone security how to securely use your iPhone - iPad security how to securely use your iPad
- Added information about on data protection encryption.
4/26/2012: How to Safely use Facebook
- Added link to new Facebook security store with free 6 month anti-virus trials.
4/12/2012: Free Security How to: Computer Security, Computer Protection on Macintosh
- Added information about Flashback and security holes in older versions of Mac OS X
4/9/2012: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer 9 Browser Articles
- Added Dyn DNS
3/26/2012: Free Security How to: Internet Security, Computer Protection with Addon Software on Macintosh
- Added Free Sophos Antivirus
3/24/2012: Free Security How to: Computer Security, Computer Protection on Macintosh
- Added Flashback Malware
3/21/2012: How to Use Wireless Networks or Wi-Fi Securely in public
- Added VPN Hunter
3/18/2012: How to Internet security and Windows security made easy
- Added information on syskey